Big Beautiful

Is it true? It can’t be true. 

While you’d be forgiven for wanting to live under a rock in today’s news environment, you’ve likely heard a rising level of chatter about the potential sale of public lands (US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management) in the Western United States. We have too. 

Public lands–whether owned by your town, city, state, park district or your federal government– are essential. If you’re a cyclist engaged in a Bike Monkey event, odds are you are also a camper/hiker/nature enthusiast of some sort. Odds are you’ve made your own special connection to a stand of pines in Tahoe National Forest. A cold, clear stream or an alpine meadow in the Salmon-Challis National Forest outside of Ketchum, Idaho.

These lands, owned by every single one of us, have likely shaped who you are. We know they’ve shaped how you choose to recreate. They’ve shaped the Bike Monkey team in ways we cannot even articulate. 

Bike Monkey doesn’t care about your politics but we know you like to ride bikes. In Colorado. In Nevada. In Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Arizona and of course in California and Idaho where the Truckee Tahoe Gravel ride and Rebecca’s Private Idaho events take place in June and August respectively.

But what if it’s just a tempest in a teapot? Just politics? Sure. But what if it’s not.

Because we like data, we also made a map, showing how races in our region are impacted by this bill. Want your favorite bike race course added to it? Send us the GPX file and we'd be happy to included it.

Please consider taking a moment to stand for the public lands we know you care about. 

Thank you.

Your Bike Monkey Team.

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